University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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An assessment of the effectiveness of e-banking security strategies in Zimbabwe: The case study of Stanbic bank Zimbabwe
(2017-03)The general direction of literature is that effective e-banking security strategies result in improved organisational performance by increasing market share through building customer’s trust and confidence in the privacy ... -
Investigating corporate governance practices and their impact on sustainability of NGOs in Zimbabwe
(2017-03)This is an investigation of corporate governance practices and their impact on sustainability on non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The main objective of this study was to investigate corporate governance practices and ... -
The impact of brand extension strategy on liqour sales performance: The case of Delta beverages’ lagers northen division (2012 – 2014)
(2017-03)Literature indicates that brand extension is a growth strategy employed by organisations in an attempt to enter new products categories, revitalise a brand, and improve brand visibility. It is further stated that brand ... -
An assessment of the impact of business transformation in state owned enterprises’ service delivery – The case of Telone, NSSA and Agribank
(2017-03)State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Zimbabwe are on the verge of collapse. Government currently cannot financially support these organisations as the economy is in dire financial distress from liquidity challenge and a reeling ... -
Identification of soft rot species found in the Harare area of Zimbabwe and an evaluation of the susceptibility of selected potato cultivars of the pathogens
(2016)Experiments were conducted at the University of Zimbabwe, Crop Science Department from 2012- 2014 with the overall aim of identifying soft rot pathogens in the peri-urban Harare area and to screen some of the locally ... -
AIDS related knowledge and sexual behaviour among commercial farm residents in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1999)Objective: To describe sexual behaviour among residents of commercial farms in Zimbabwe, their gender- specific differences; to examine implications of these for HIV/AIDS transmission. Design: A cross sectional descriptive ... -
Compliance and loss to follow up of HIV negative and positive mothers recruited from a PMTCT programme in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2007)Objective: To describe the methodological challenges of a nine months follow up study of mothers recruited from a national Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme with regards to defaulters, drop outs ... -
An assessment of the financing strategies employed by SME real estate firms under the liquidity constraints in Zimbabwe
(2017-03)The study sought to assess or investigate the financing strategies employed by SME real estate firms operating under the liquidity constraints in Zimbabwe and the effect on their growth and success. The phenomenal growth ... -
A comparative study on the influence of formal and non-formal career guidance on career realisation by secondary school students
(2016-11)The aim of this study was to compare two approaches to career guidance, formal and non-formal career guidance, so as to improve guidance programmes and raise career satisfaction and career realisation level of employees. ... -
Botswana's revealed comparative advantage
(2011-11)Analysis of Botswana’s competitiveness in world trade has been presented based on indices of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) calculated for the period 1999 and 2004. Results show that Botswana has RCA in diamonds, ... -
Dwindling access to basic services in Zimbabwe
(2010-03)The study narrates the decline in access to three basic publicly provided services, namely, health, education, and water and sanitation for Zimbabwe for the period covering 2000 to May 2009. Special emphasis is placed on ... -
The effects of irrigation methods, calcium levels and other nutrients on soft rot (pectobacterium carotovora subspecies brasiliensis) infection of potato (solanum tuberosum l.)
(2016-06)Two main experiments were carried out to study the effects of irrigation methods, calcium levels and other nutrients on soft rot infection of potato. The first experiment was an outdoor pot experiment, conducted in 2012 ... -
Remote sensing applications in tobacco yield estimation and the recommended research in Zimbabwe
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-10-28)Tobacco crop area and yield forecasts are important in stabilizing tobacco prices at the auction floors. Tobacco yield estimation in Zimbabwe is currently based on statistical surveys and ground-based field reports.These ... -
Spectral indices: in-season dry mass and yield relationship of flue-cured tobacco under different planting dates and fertiliser levels
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-08-13)This experiment investigated the relationship between tobacco canopy spectral characteristics and tobacco biomass. A completely randomized design, with plantings on the 15th of September, October, November, and December, ... -
Anaemia and iron deficiency in peri-urban school children born in a National HIV Prevention Programme in Zimbabwe: A cross sectional study
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2014)Objective'. To determine the prevalence of anaemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in school children who were born in a national HIV prevention programme. Design'. This was a community based cross-sectional ... -
Evaluation of management strategies for forest reserve in MalawiI: The Case of Thuma Forest Reserve
(2000-03-01)This paper demonstrates how functions and values of forest reserves can be used to determine appropriate management strategies of forest reserves. The paper also demonstrates how community perceptions and preferences can ... -
Migration, local politics and CAMPFIRE
(1998-09)O ver the years there has been, in Southern Africa, a steady flow o f populations from the overcrowded com munal areas into those m arginal zones which previously were sparsely populated. U sually it is ...
